New Taipei vs Rawalpindi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	New Taipei	Rawalpindi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1060	$376
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2992	$904
🏠 One person rent	$464	$144
🏘️ Family rent	$1087	$241
🍽️ Food expenses	$370	$125
🚐 Transport expenses	$119	$57.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1661	$187
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	95	67
😀 Quality of life	87	31
🏙️ Population	4.04M	2.1M

The cost of living in New Taipei is 182% more expensive than in Rawalpindi. Cities ranked 5212th and 9038th ($1060 vs $376) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 7th in Taiwan and Pakistan, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in New Taipei compared to 0.5 months in Rawalpindi. New Taipei ranked 1st best city to live in Taiwan vs Rawalpindi ranked 6th in Pakistan, while ranked 279th and 7946th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New Taipei vs Rawalpindi

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	New Taipei	Rawalpindi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.67	$1.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.2	$9.23
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.2	$3.61
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.49	$2.05
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$1.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$0.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$483	$117
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$77.6
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1333	$253
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$890	$135
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.3	$45
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.7	$68.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$13.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.97%	20.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9578	$831
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4941	$482
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.71	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.3	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.92	$6.69
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.93	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.9	$0.48
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.85	$1.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$5.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.01	$3.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$4.26
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$0.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$0.47
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$0.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.77	$0.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.9	$4.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.8	$1.59
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.54	$0.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.87	$1.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.71	$0.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.9	$7.35
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.1	$3.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.5	$17.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$2.12
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.7	$12.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.8	$92.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$504	$31.3
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13786	$1015

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Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1158
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$868
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1028
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$745
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$828
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$864
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$698
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$931
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$841
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$818
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$761
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$707
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$706
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$661
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$801
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$841
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$683
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$666
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$654
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$719
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$821
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$776
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$807
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$673
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$712
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$642
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$719
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$702
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$643
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$731
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$708
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$633
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$592
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$716
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$605

Cities near Rawalpindi

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Islamabad	$439
40 km or 25 mi	Wah	$323
82 km or 51 mi	Mirpur	$328
116 km or 72 mi	Mardan	$372
120 km or 75 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
135 km or 84 mi	Baramulla	$277
146 km or 90 mi	Mingora	$354
148 km or 92 mi	Gujrat	$330
151 km or 94 mi	Kohat	$374
152 km or 94 mi	Peshawar	$338
170 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$388
173 km or 107 mi	Sargodha	$456
180 km or 112 mi	Hafizabad	$380
183 km or 114 mi	Sialkot	$335
192 km or 119 mi	Jammu	$344
192 km or 119 mi	Gujranwala	$280
210 km or 130 mi	Chiniot	$373
211 km or 131 mi	Kamoke	$308
228 km or 142 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
243 km or 151 mi	Faisalabad	$319
257 km or 160 mi	Lahore	$406
258 km or 160 mi	Jalalabad	$358
269 km or 167 mi	Jhang	$292
275 km or 171 mi	Gojra	$344
276 km or 172 mi	Sahiwal	$312
277 km or 172 mi	Amritsar	$500
283 km or 176 mi	Pathankot	$407
294 km or 183 mi	Khost	$441
312 km or 194 mi	Okara	$310
346 km or 215 mi	Jalandhar	$378
355 km or 221 mi	Gardez	$469
374 km or 232 mi	Kabul	$599
382 km or 238 mi	Khanewal	$358
385 km or 239 mi	Burewala	$360
397 km or 247 mi	Ludhiana	$430
409 km or 254 mi	Multan	$371
430 km or 267 mi	Ghazni	$476
457 km or 284 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
474 km or 294 mi	Chandigarh	$397
475 km or 295 mi	Shimla	$286